A ray of light traveling in the air enters obliquely into water. Does the light ray bend towards the normal or away from the normal? Why?

Asked by Vishal kumar | 2 years ago |  161

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Solution :-

The light ray bends towards the normal. When a light ray enters from an optically rarer medium (which has low refractive index) to an optically denser medium (which has a high refractive index), its speed slows down and bends towards the normal. As water is optically denser than air, a ray of light entering from air into water will bend towards the normal.

Answered by Shivani Kumari | 2 years ago

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